[TriLUG] Backing up mail and MySql

[Joseph Tate]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:48:31 -0500, Rick DeNatale
<rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
>    procmail - I think this needs re-configuring
>    fetchmail - I think that it doesn't care it goes through procmail
>    sendmail - ?
>    uwimap/pop daemon - ?

If you're going to switch to maildir, go ahead and switch out UW-IMAP
too.  Courier or the like is the choice if your set on straight
maildir.  Cyrus offers an improvement on maildir by indexing messages
for faster retrieval.

> 
> Does anyone know of a cookbook or how-to on doing a mailbox to maildir
> conversion?

I'd look for a script, or keep both systems online for a transition
period and use IMAP to move messages from one system to the next.

> 2) MySql - I've got a few web apps which are using MySql databases.
> Everythings in MyIsam format. I figure that I'll periocally back these
> up to a directory using something like the mysqlhotcopy script, and
> then let rsbackup take incremental backups from there.
> 
> Any comments or advice?

Follow the directions: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Backup.html

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Joseph Tate
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